Two wounded in separate shootings

STOCKTON - Two 18-year-old men were wounded in separate shootings in Stockton on Wednesday. Both were listed in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

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STOCKTON - Two 18-year-old men were wounded in separate shootings in Stockton on Wednesday. Both were listed in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

The first shooting occurred about 11 a.m. in the 600 block of East Park Street. The victim told officers he was walking in the area when he heard gunfire, police said. The man ran away, noticed a burning sensation in his foot and realized he had been shot. The victim refused to cooperate with police and provided no description of the gunman, authorities said.

The second shooting occurred about 4:50 p.m. in the 800 block of Dallas Avenue, in the Conway Homes housing project. Residents said they heard about 10 gunshots. A short time later, police located a man with gunshot wounds to the arm and leg in the backyard of a nearby home on Elmira Avenue, authorities said. The shots might have been fired from a green Honda or Toyota that was occupied by three or four black men, police said.